The Stories We Tell: An Anthology of Oregon Folk Literature
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Edited by Suzie Jones and Jarold Ramsey
1994. 7 x 10 inches. 352 pages. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
ISBN 0-87071-379-5. Hardcover, $39.95.
ISBN 0-87071-380-9. Paperback, $24.95.
Illustrated with art by Oregon artists.
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Introduction
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The Oregon Literature Series is a unique cooperative effort of the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, which commissioned and created the series, and the Oregon State University Press. The series is designed to appeal to general readers as well as to students and scholars, and is already attracting national attention as a model for literature in the schools.
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This first anthology of Oregon folk literature bears a special relationship to the other five volumes in the Oregon Literature Series. For collected here are the kinds of cherished traditional stories and songs, myths and sayings that have nurtured and informed the state's best writings.
Oregon's written literary heritage owes much to what Oregonians have told and sung and kept in memory, in kitchens and sweat-lodges, on the range and on the street, in canneries and convention centers, in schools, bunkhouses, and funeral parlors.
The Stories We Tell is divided into fourteen sections that reflect the extent to which folk stories and songs figure intimately into Oregonians' lives. Sections include
This Place is Home, Tales of Hunting and Fishing, At Work in Oregon, Family Ties and Knots, Monsters, Snakes, and Fabulous Creatures, and
Husbands, Wives, and Lovers.
The Stories We tell is a book to be read aloud. It celebrates a literature that has been sustained by the artistry and imaginative generosity of countless Oregonians, past and present, with stories to share.
About the Editors
Suzie Jones, author of
Oregon Folklore, developed Oregon's first folk arts program and organized the first major exhibition and catalogue on Oregon folk art,
Webfoots and Bunchgrassers: Folk Art of the Oregon Country. Since 1986 Jones has worked as a program officer for the national Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, DC.
Jarold Ramsey, is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Rochester, New York, has devoted much of his professional career to bringing the native literature of Oregon to the attention of modern readers. His many books include the pioneering anthology,
Coyote Was Going There; Indian Literature of the Oregon Country, and a new edition of the neglected Oregon classic,
Nehalem Tillamook Tales (Oregon State University Press).
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